Family Support Worker Jobs

If you are looking for a family support worker job, then look no further than joining our dedicated and expanding team. Becoming a family support worker at Lagans Foundation is an incredibly rewarding role, and a unique opportunity to make a difference.

As a family support worker, you will be responsible for providing support and care to children with complex needs, a heart condition or feeding issue upon request, and their families.

Our family support worker jobs are special and are designed around a commissioned care package. Each child has his or her own unique care needs, which can include learning and physical disabilities.

We are currently recruiting across Greater Manchester and Merseyside.

What is a family support worker?

A family support worker is a more defined explanation of a support worker role. A support worker is extremely broad, providing a multitude of tasks for a person whatever their needs.

In our line of work, a family support worker, also called children’s complex health care worker, is required to provide specific practical help to support a child with unique health needs or a disability, alongside support for the parent/s through respite and advice.

What does a family support worker do?

Tasks carried out by a family support worker are varied, and are dependent on the child and families needs. Caring for disabled children can be challenging so to achieve a high level of care patience, flexibility and professionalism is required.

Some of the activities you would be expected to support with include:

• Personal Care
• Support accessing the community
• Overnight supervision and care
• Managing risk
• Supporting parents to take a break
• Monitoring the overall health and well-being of the child
• Play

Being a family support worker is an extremely rewarding job. You really can make such a difference to a child and their family.